cack

[ kak ]

/ kæk /

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noun

a soft-soled, heelless shoe for infants.

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Origin of cack

First recorded in 1890–95; of obscure origin

Words nearby cack

cachou, cachucha, cacimbo, cacique, caciquism, cack, cackermander, cack-handed, cackle, cackleberry, cacky

How to use cack in a sentence

Let me see—you hab him mout, and him nose, and de wery cack of him yeye.
The Cruise of the Midge (Vol. II of 2)|Michael Scott
Cack′ler, a fowl that cackles: a talkative, gossiping person; Cack′ling, noise of a goose or hen.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D)|Various
Cack, cack, also garrulous gabble intermixed with whistling notes.
Color Key to North American Birds|Frank M. Chapman
Cap'n Eb says he never come so near bein' scared in his life; and, as to old Cack, he jest wilted right down in his chair.
Oldtown Fireside Stories|Harriet Beecher Stowe

Cap'n Eb says he never see a fellow seem scareder than Cack did when he see Ketury a-standin' there.
Oldtown Fireside Stories|Harriet Beecher Stowe